encounter (v.) Copy link Outline I. To meet unexpectedly1. offendo, di, sum, 32. incĭdo, di, 33. obviam fīo, factus, fĭĕri (with dat.)II. To confront in a hostile manner1. obviam eo, 4, irr. (to confront2. concurro, curri, rsum, 3 (to rush upon each other)3. conflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to come into collision)4. congrĕdior, gressus, 3 (very freq. of coming to a battle)5. incurro, 3III. To face, to endure courageously • encounter (v.): I. To meet unexpectedly: 1. offendo, di, sum, 3: to e. any one in a street, aliquem in platea off., Ter.: Cic.: v. to find. 2. incĭdo, di, 3: v. to fall in with. 3. obviam fīo, factus, fĭĕri (with dat.): he e.s Clodius in front of his estate, Clodio fit obviam ante fundum ejus, Cic.: v. to meet. II. To confront in a hostile manner: 1. obviam eo, 4, irr. (to confront: with dat.): to e. the enemy, ob. ire hostibus, Sall.: v. to face, withstand. 2. concurro, curri, rsum, 3 (to rush upon each other): they e. each other in direct charge, cum infestis signis concurrunt, Sall. Cat. 60: to e. with equal arms (in civil war), paribus c. telis, Virg. G. 1, 489: also of the party attacking: though a virgin she dares to e. men, audet viris c. virgo, Virg. A. 1, 493. Impers., they e., concurritur, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7. 3. conflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to come into collision): adverse winds e. each other., adversi venti c., Virg. A. 2, 417: to e. in arms, armis c., Cic.: usu. foll. by cum, to e. the enemy, [manu] cum hoste c., Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81: also by adversus, "paucis navibus adversus Rhodiorum classem conflixit," Nep. Hann. 8, fin.; and by contra: to e. a most abominable conspiracy, contra sceleratissimam conjurationem c., Brut. in Cic. Fam. 11, 13, fin. 4. congrĕdior, gressus, 3 (very freq. of coming to a battle): as often as he e.'d the Roman people in Italy, quotiescunque cum P. R. congressus est in Italia, Nep. Hann. 1: also foll. by contra, Cic. Lig. 3, 9: v. to engage. 5. incurro, 3: v. to charge. See also to resist, oppose. III. To face, to endure courageously: Phr.: to e. death, mortem oppetere, Cic.: Virg.: to e. danger, periculo obire, periculum subire: v. to face, undergo.
encounter (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. congressus, ūs2. congressio (less class.)3. certāmen, pugna • encounter (subs.): 1. congressus, ūs: at the first e., primo c., Caes.: Cic. 2. congressio (less class.): his first e. was with Hamilcar, prima illi cum Hamilcare proelii c. fuit, Just. 22, 3, fin.: Quadrig. in Gell. 3. certāmen, pugna: v. conflict.
ENCOUNTER Copy link • ENCOUNTER 1. s. Vid. CONTEST, BATTLE, etc. 2. v. obviam ire (to go to meet, in a hostile sense, or from courtesy): occurrere, occursare (to hasten to meet, whether in a friendly or hostile manner = ἀπαντᾶν): resistere, obsistere (withstand a person or thing). To encounter the enemy, hostibus resistere; hosti se opponere. To encounter a danger, periculo obviam ire, se offerre, se opponere, se committere: to encounter death, morti se offerre, or se objicere: to encounter death undismayed, acriter se morti offerre; promte necem subire (a violent death, Tac., Ann., 16, 10, 1); with the utmost fortitude, irrevocabili constantia ad mortem decurrere (Plin., Ep., 3, 7, in.): to encounter certain death, haud dubiam in mortem vadere (Verg.); se in medios hostes ad perspicuam mortem injicere iby the particular way of flinging one’s self into the midst of the enemy); ad non dubiam mortem concurrere (of whole armies, Cic.); in eum locum proficisci, unde redituros (etc.) se non arbitrantur (Cic.; of a hopeless attack). Meet by accident, se obviam ferre or offerre (of the person whom we meet): offendere aliquem or aliquid; incurrere in aliquem or aliquid; occurrere alicui: incidere in aliquem.